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Webster 1913 Edition
Trawl
Trawl
,Verb.
I.
[OF. ]
trauler
, troller
, F. trôter
, to drag about, to stroll about; probably of Teutonic origin. Cf. Troll
, Verb.
T.
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
Trawl
,Noun.
1.
A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter.
[U. S. & Canada]
2.
A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, – used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.